Radiohead ‘Leaked’ Their Own Track in 2009, Now We’re Accused of Pirating It
If 2009 sounds like it happened half a lifetime ago, many 30 year-olds would likely agree. At the time the UK government was taking advice from the entertainment industries on how to tackle surging piracy via the BitTorrent protocol. Presented as an entirely proportionate and reasonable response for dealing with habitual downloaders, disconnecting entire households from the internet loomed ominously on the horizon. Yet in 2007, the...
Geofence Warrants Ruled Unconstitutional—but That’s Not the End of It
Plus: US regulators fine T-Mobile $60 million for mishap with sensitive data, New Zealand approves Kim Dotcom’s US extradition, and San Francisco takes on deepfake porn. Powered by WPeMatico
Google Faces Lawsuit After $5M in Crypto Stolen via Play Store App
A Florida woman, Maria Vaca, has sued Google in a California state court, alleging that a cryptocurrency wallet app she downloaded from the Google Play Store was malicious and resulted in the theft of $5 million in cryptocurrency. Vaca claims the app, Yobit Pro, exploited Google’s marketing that portrayed the Play Store as a secure […] Powered by...
NFTs Enrich Gaming Communities, Drive Stronger Engagement, Says Gaming Veteran
According to Luke Paglia, the COO at AGMI Studios, while traditional non-fungible token (NFT) art has lacked real utility, which explains its declining popularity, NFTs still have an important role to play in the gaming industry. To back this assertion, Paglia cites game developers’ use of NFTs “to innovate and bring new forms of value […] Powered by...
Lemon Pioneers Fiat-Crypto Interoperability Services in Peru
Lemon, an Argentina-based cryptocurrency exchange and wallet, has received a license to allow fiat-crypto interactions in Peru. The exchange, the first to receive such a license in the country, now eases the processes required to deposit and exchange fiat for crypto, with users only needing a phone number for this task. Lemon Receives First Fiat-Crypto […] Powered by...
